---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, making extensive revisions relating to preliminary provisions; names and corporate powers, classification of counties; fixing and relocating lines and boundaries; county officers; county commissioners and chief clerks; controller; auditors; treasurer; county solicitor; engineer; sheriff and coroner; prothonotary, clerks of court, clerk of orphan's court, register of wills, recorder of deeds; district attorney, assistants and detectives; salaries of county officers; fees of salaried county officers, salary boards, payment of solicitors appointed by county officers; fiscal affairs; contracts and special powers and duties of counties; public health; aeronautics; grounds and buildings; eminent domain and injury to property; recreation places; bridges, viaducts and culverts and roads; providing for military and veterans affairs; and making editorial changes."
description: "An Act amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, making extensive revisions relating to preliminary provisions; names and corporate powers, classification of counties; fixing and relocating lines and boundaries; county officers; county commissioners and chief clerks; controller; auditors; treasurer; county solicitor; engineer; sheriff and coroner; prothonotary, clerks of court, clerk of orphan's court, register of wills, recorder of deeds; district attorney, assistants and detectives; salaries of county officers; fees of salaried county officers, salary boards, payment of solicitors appointed by county officers; fiscal affairs; contracts and special powers and duties of counties; public health; aeronautics; grounds and buildings; eminent domain and injury to property; recreation places; bridges, viaducts and culverts and roads; providing for military and veterans affairs; and making editorial changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 1005"
citation: "Pennsylvania SB 1005 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eichelberger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-12-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fffafcbb-8d9e-4e79-8833-4fcade133550"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=S&type=B&BN=1005"
source_hash: "4850dfcf824e1ce7ca1b95439d5b571af3d80d9747c3455448fad9721600ffd1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania SB 1005 (2017-2018) — An Act amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, making extensive revisions relating to preliminary provisions; names and corporate powers, classification of counties; fixing and relocating lines and boundaries; county officers; county commissioners and chief clerks; controller; auditors; treasurer; county solicitor; engineer; sheriff and coroner; prothonotary, clerks of court, clerk of orphan's court, register of wills, recorder of deeds; district attorney, assistants and detectives; salaries of county officers; fees of salaried county officers, salary boards, payment of solicitors appointed by county officers; fiscal affairs; contracts and special powers and duties of counties; public health; aeronautics; grounds and buildings; eminent domain and injury to property; recreation places; bridges, viaducts and culverts and roads; providing for military and veterans affairs; and making editorial changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printer's No. 1394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1005&pn=1394)
2. **Printer's No. 1563** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1005&pn=1563)
3. **Printer's No. 1782** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1005&pn=1782)
4. **Printer's No. 1896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1005&pn=1896)
5. **Printer's No. 2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&sessYr=2017&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1005&pn=2026)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (APPROPRIATIONS): Re-Reported as Committed — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (LOCAL GOVERNMENT): Reported as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **183–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1005 PN 1896, 2017 A9274, JAMES — **195–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eichelberger — primary (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchinson — cosponsor (person)
- Mcgarrigle — cosponsor (person)
- Schwank — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-28T05:00:00+00:00** PN 1394 Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1563 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1782 Amended on third consideration
- **2018-06-04T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** PN 1896 Reported as amended `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2018-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2018-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** PN 2026 Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2018-10-16T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fffafcbb-8d9e-4e79-8833-4fcade133550`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).